Remodeling at two Homeland Stores, located at 4111 Plains Blvd. and 3505 N.E. 24th Ave., will be completed by May 30, announced Wayne McCormick, district manager for Homeland Stores Inc.

When the remodeling is completed at the 110,000-square-foot store on Plains Boulevard, the 28,000-square-foot Homeland Store at 401 S. Western St. will close.

"This store on Western Street - located just one-half mile north - is not economically feasible to operate due to the proximity of the two stores," McCormick said.

"All employees will be transferred to the remaining five Homeland Stores," McCormick said.

"In an effort to assist our walk-in shoppers after the closing, Homeland will reimburse these loyal shoppers with a 75-cent bus fare with a minimum $15 purchase for continuing their business at our store at Plains and Western," McCormick said.

Remodeling at the Homeland Store at Plains and Western will include new produce cases and display tables, fish and frozen food cases. The remodeled store also will carry a new line of Hispanic foods and an expanded variety of other products.

An updated exterior and interior are among the remodeling plans at the store on Northeast 24th Avenue. Other improvements will be new frozen food cases, floor and ceiling tile, produce and bakery tables, customer service booth, video department and new parking lot overlay.